Well, $600 later I got my car back. Fried the ignition control unit and part of the harness. Most of the cost was for labor becuase they had to search through a salvage yard for parts for 4 hours. The mechanic made me a special mount for the ignition control box on my air intake plastic which looks sweet. I can get pics tomorrow if anyone wants to see it. (kinda hard to explain the setup)

Car runs fine now and I just ordered my APR chip so everything is good now.

 

this is why i always carry and extinguisher in my car. my friends make fun of me for it but i will just point them to this thread

 

Im going to start carrying one now just to be safe

 

Yeah, you def should have used a fire extinguisher and not water. It would be a pain to clean up, but it won't crack any hot turbo/exhaust components.

Glad to see you're all set though

 

$600?!?!?! seriously? they charged you for their time searching for used parts? for the amount they charged you, you could have gotten the part new. I don't get it.

 

Wow, you are lucky.

 

id take a $600 repair on something like this over having to get a new turbo or something expensive....

 

ugh same thing happened to me with my wrx...had my amp wire wrapped in this shrink wrap and my zip tie somehow came undone and the next thing i know after some "spirited" driving i pop the hood to see the thing on fire because it had been resting on exhaust side of the turbo

 

just make sure you mount it to your a piller in case your NOS explodes lol...jk i keep one in my trunk at all times...along with a small hatchet...why the hatchet i dunno

 

Yeah, if you mount the extinguisher on the A-pillar, it also adds some whp!!